15 Men on the Dead Man's Chest (The Derelict) performed by the Skeleton Crew Pirate Band.

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If ya be likin' this song, check out some of our other Skeleton Crew Pirate Band and Sea Shanties cuts posted so far including: "The Red Queen," a salute by Leigh Anne Hussey to the great lady pirates: https://youtu.be/qnqFM-ah2VU . "Rant & Roar": https://youtu.be/jleX8W-UwlY. (Pirates behaving badly) "Sir Henry's Huzzah," Pirate--oops, Privateer and Rum poster boy's "auto"-biography as ghost-written by M&M: https://youtu.be/6DPmiu8tThI
"The Pirate’s Deep," a pirate-ized version of the 1897 hit Asleep in the Deep: https://youtu.be/hgnhLY0v-G4
"Blunderbuss Beau," Unloved but fun: https://youtu.be/4Br807PRXIs
"The Pirate King," a favorite performance piece by Mallory: https://youtu.be/d-X64kzh0us
"The Mermaid's Curse (The Mermaid)," https://youtu.be/XWizB5V3IOY
"Down Among the Dead Men," not a shanty, perhaps sung by pirates at sea. Or not.
https://youtu.be/HvYNrKpNk
"All Ye Young Sailormen, aka The Fish of the Sea, aka Blow Ye Winds Westerly,"
https://youtu.be/UtkEe7KuPcM
"Rolling Down to Old Maui," https://youtu.be/0WZjW8E5v_k

SHOULD AN AD SAIL IN, WELL, SORRY ABOUT THAT MATES. WE DIDN'T PUT IT THERE AND WE DON'T GET ANY GOLD FER IT BEIN' THERE. SO, SINK ANYTHING YOU DON'T LIKE, AS A PROPER PIRATE SHOULD.

THE STORY OF OUR VERSION OF THE DERELICT:
Not long after we founded the Skeleton Crew Pirate Band in the 1990s we found that no self-respecting pirate crew could roam the musical seas without performing "15 Men on the Dead Man's Chest" or, as was originally called, "The Derelict." We searched high and low for that classic, only to discover that the tune most associated with the poem just didn't quite "Yo Ho Ho" it in the way we felt it should. So we wrote our own. Mallory and the crew perform it here.

This version was recorded in 2006 by Dennis Gilmore, who played on and sang in and produced our album, "Kings of the Sea." And he saved some tracks that we thought long lost, some of which we will present here as part of the "Mallory & McCall Vintage" series. Through the years our pirate band consisted of Dennis "Patch" Patterson, Jon Lackey and various members of the west coast pirate community, which still is going strong. We miss it!

As we couldn't quite come up with illustrations that exactly told the story of the song, we have instead presented some classic pirate art from such as Pyle and Wyeth along with a few vintage photos of the Skeleton Crew. We hope you enjoy our offerings. More will be coming soon!

BTW, this track is featured in the out credits of the film by Mitchael Toles: "Pirates of Ghost Island."

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